Mayamata : an Indian treatise on housing, architecture, and iconography
Mayamuni.
The
Mayamata is a Vastusastra, that is to says a treatise on dwelling and
as such it deals with all the facets of gods temple dwellings, from the
choice of a site to the iconography of temple walls. It contains many
precise descriptions of villages and towns as of temples, houses,
mansions and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of a proper
orientation, of right dimension and of appropriate building materials.
It intends to be a manual for the architect and a guide-book for the
layman. Well thought of by the traditional architects (sthapati-s) of
South India, this treatise is of interest at a time when technical
traditions, in all fields are being scrutinized for their possible
modern application. The Mayamata has so for been translated into Tamil
and into French. The present English version is based upon the edition,
with French trans-lation, previously published by Dr. Bruno Dagens in
the Publication Series of the French Institute of Indology
(Pon-dicherry).
Mayamata is a Vastusastra, that is to says a treatise on dwelling and
as such it deals with all the facets of gods temple dwellings, from the
choice of a site to the iconography of temple walls. It contains many
precise descriptions of villages and towns as of temples, houses,
mansions and palaces. It gives indications for the selection of a proper
orientation, of right dimension and of appropriate building materials.
It intends to be a manual for the architect and a guide-book for the
layman. Well thought of by the traditional architects (sthapati-s) of
South India, this treatise is of interest at a time when technical
traditions, in all fields are being scrutinized for their possible
modern application. The Mayamata has so for been translated into Tamil
and into French. The present English version is based upon the edition,
with French trans-lation, previously published by Dr. Bruno Dagens in
the Publication Series of the French Institute of Indology
(Pon-dicherry).
年:
1985
出版:
1st English ed.
出版社:
Distributed by Indian Books Centre; Sitaram Bhartia Institute of Scientific Research
语言:
english
ISBN:
4114010476
文件:
PDF, 50.83 MB
IPFS:
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english, 1985